Lake Victoria boat cruise with MV Vanessa, Lake Victoria formerly known as Nalubaale is the largest lake in Uganda and second largest freshwater Lake in the world. John Hanning Speke named it after Queen Victoria who was the Queen of England by then in 1858. It is 68,800 square km and shared by three East African countries Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. It’s surrounded by Ssese islands, which have become a major source of tourist attractions. The main activity on the lake is boat cruise though there are more others like fishing, bird watching, sand mining and many others.
Boat cruise on Lake Victoria with MV Vanessa
The fact that Lake Victoria is surrounded by different tourism zones Ssese islands, Jinja (home of the source of the Nile), Ngamba Island (home of chimpanzees) and many others, it influences boat cruise, and it’s done by the help of boats and ferry for example MV Kalangala / MV Vanessa.
Lake Victoria MV Vanessa Boat cruise
MV Vanessa is a new private marine vessel operating on Lake Victoria that was brought into the country on 28th February 2019 by Port Nyanza Evergreen Waterways; it departs from Waterfront Beach, Entebbe, at 1:00 pm and reaches Kalangala at 2:30 pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, respectively. while it leaves Kalangala on Monday at 9:00 am, Tuesday at 8:00 am, Thursday at 9:00 am, Friday at 9:00 am, and Sunday at 2:00 pm, reaching Entebbe at 3:15 pm.
MV Vanessa Boat cruise from Entebbe to Kalangala Island
MV Vanessa started boat cruises from Entebbe to Kalangala in June 2019. The vessel has a capacity to move at a speed of 40 knots, twice that of MV Kalangala, with a capacity to carry 54 passengers. It only takes about 2.5 hours sailing. This has greatly improved transport on the lake and boost boat cruise for many passengers.
